Pacheco vs Budd

Who won Pacheco vs Budd?

Larissa Pacheco beat Julia Budd by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main event of PFL 2, on Friday 7th April 2023 at The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Larissa Pacheco.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Pacheco vs Budd stats

Larissa Pacheco stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 4 loses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Julia Budd made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 5 loses and 0 draws, with 6 of those wins by knock out and 1 by submission.

The stats suggested Pacheco had a slight advantage in power over Budd, with a 47% knock out percentage over Budd's 38%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pacheco had a massive advantage over Budd, boasting at 42% submission rate over Budd's 6%.

Larissa Pacheco was the younger man by 11 years, at 29 years old.

Budd had a height advantage of 1 inch over Pacheco. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Pacheco was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 1 year and 4 months later than Budd, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 9 less professional rounds, 53 to Budd's 62.

Pacheco vs Budd form

Pacheco had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 4 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Kayla Harrison at PFL 2022 #10 -World Championship on 25th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Hulu Theater, Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Helena Kolesnyk at PFL 2022 #9 on 20th August 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Copper Box Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had beat Genah Fabian at PFL 2022 #6 on 1st July 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Before that, he had defeated Zamzagul Fayzallanova at PFL 2022 #3 on 6th May 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington.

He had won against Helena Kolesnyk at PFL 2021 #6 on 25th June 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Julia Budd had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Aspen Ladd at PFL 2022 #10 -World Championship on 25th November 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Hulu Theater, Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Genah Fabian at PFL 2022 #3 on 6th May 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Kaitlin Young at PFL 2021 #10 on 27th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beat Dayana Silva at Bellator 257 on 16th April 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

He had won against Jessy Miele at Bellator 244 on 21st August 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Larissa Pacheco had been fighting more than Julia Budd.

Going to this contest, Larissa Pacheco had last fought 1 year and 5 days ago, while Julia Budd's last outing had been 1 year and 5 days ago.

Pacheco's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

Budd's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Pacheco vs Budd?

Larissa Pacheco was a 1/8 (-770) favourite going into the contest, while Julia Budd made his way into the ring at 9/2 (+450) with oddsmakers.